Table 2 Personal characteristics of adolescents who committed suicide by gender
From: Gender differences in Korean adolescents who died by suicide based on teacher reports
Male | Female | χ2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | ||
Parents | |||||
Living together | 74 | 67.9 | 120 | 75.0 | ns |
Separation or divorce | 29 | 26.6 | 31 | 19.4 | |
Dead (one or both) | 6 | 5.5 | 9 | 5.6 | |
Economic status | |||||
High | 17 | 10.5 | 11 | 9.9 | 6.789* |
Middle | 117 | 72.2 | 66 | 59.5 | |
Low | 28 | 17.3 | 34 | 30.6 | |
Personality | |||||
Introvert | 111 | 75.0 | 64 | 66.7 | ns |
Extrovert | 37 | 25.0 | 32 | 33.3 | |
Depressive symptoms | |||||
Yes | 37 | 22.7 | 36 | 31.9 | 2.878† |
No | 126 | 77.3 | 77 | 68.1 | |
Impulsivity | |||||
Yes | 134 | 81.2 | 95 | 83.3 | ns |
No | 31 | 18.8 | 19 | 16.7 | |
Smoking | |||||
Yes | 25 | 15.2 | 10 | 8.8 | NS |
No | 139 | 84.8 | 103 | 91.2 | |
Drinking | |||||
Yes | 16 | 9.8 | 8 | 7.1 | NS |
No | 148 | 90.2 | 105 | 92.9 | |
Previous self-injury | |||||
Yes | 2 | 3.6 | 8 | 19.5 | 6.344* |
No | 53 | 96.4 | 33 | 80.5 | |
Previous suicide attempt | |||||
Yes | 3 | 5.7 | 7 | 19.4 | 4.084* |
No | 50 | 94.3 | 29 | 80.6 | |